A rickshaw puller ferries his passengers through a waterlogged street during heavy rain in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. As many as 49 people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh since Thursday, with Saharanpur accounting for the maximum 11 deaths, as heavy rains wreaked havoc in different parts of the country. (PTI)

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Damaged vehicles are seen after a boundary wall of Ghaziabad Railway Station collapsed due to monsoon rainfall, near Goushala Underpass in Ghaziabad. 116 families of Vartalok and Pragya Kunj housing societies were affected in Ghaziabad after a road caved in, on Thursday. (PTI)

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People watch water pour out of seven of 21 gates of the Bargi Dam that were opened after excess rain in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. In Himachal Pradesh, sudden release of water from the 243-megawatt Kashanghydel power project in Kinnuar caused immense damage to apple orchards and pine forests in the tribal district. (AFP)

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A car wades through a waterlogged road on NH-24 in New Delhi. The national capital recorded its second heaviest spell of monsoon rain this season, as the downpour that started on Thursday pounded the city through the night and into Friday before letting up at noon. Heavy rain also lashed other parts of the Delhi-NCR. (Ravi Choudhary / PTI)

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An officer makes announcement as he rescues the local residents who were struck during a flood-like situation after rainfall, at Mira Vihar Colony in Agra. Rains also damaged an outer boundary wall of the 16th century Fatehpur Sikri fort, west of Agra. However, there was no damage to the main monument, said an official, P.K. Singh. (PTI)

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People try to make their way through a waterlogged road after heavy rains, at NH-48, near Sunbeam Company, in Gurugram. In Haryana, Rohtak, Sonipat, Narnaul, Panchkula, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra and parts of the NCR including Gurugram and Faridabad, recorded a fall in temperatures due to the rains. (Yogendra Kumar / HT Photo)

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Police personnel carry out their duty as police station gets waterlogged after monsoon rains at North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. (PTI)

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A police station wall was collapsed due to heavy rainfall, in Meerut. The Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed senior officials of all districts to alert people and asked them to undertake extensive tours in the affected areas and identify dilapidated buildings, and get them vacated, a government spokesperson said. (PTI)

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Chairs stand submerged in rainwater outside a roadside shop during heavy monsoon rainfall in Greater Noida. The water level of the Yamuna in Delhi breached the warning level of 204m after Haryana released more water. An alert has been sounded by the Delhi government after the water level crossed the danger mark, an official said. (R S Iyer / AP)

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A tree was uprooted due to heavy rains at Geeta Colony in New Delhi. The Irrigation and Flood Control department of the city government has made preparations to evacuate people residing in low-lying areas. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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People commute on a boat as Goolar Road inundated due to heavy rains in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. (HT Photo)

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A civic worker, stands guard after opening a man-hole to drain water quickly in a water logged street following heavy monsoon rain in Kolkata, West Bengal.

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Heavy rains led to waterlogging and traffic congestion in many parts of the country, compounding problems for commuters. Rain-related incidents claimed atleast 49 lives in Uttar Pradesh since Thursday. Whereas, Delhi recorded its second heaviest spell of monsoon rain this season, with a flood alert has been sounded by the Delhi government after the water level of the Yamuna crossed the danger mark. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast that intermittent showers are likely until till Sunday in the NCR although their intensity, distribution and duration will diminish as the weather systems that triggered the rain are weakening.